Let’s just put it right out there: pretty much everybody loves to hate business meetings. I’m on the record in support of meetings if they’re held for the right reasons and are run effectively. So, count me in the minority of people who think (some) meetings are OK. The problem is, we humans can muck…
26 Essays on Leadership Development #LeadChange
This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted at The Lead Change Group blog. Curated by Becky Robinson and her Weaving Influence team, you’ll find 26 posts on a wide range of leadership topics, including: – The epidemic risk of inconsistency – Ways to positively influence people at work – Leadership behaviors to move up on…
Leadership Truths to Empower Millennial Leaders
Are you crystal-clear on your purpose? Jon Mertz is. His purpose is to guide, challenge and inspire people of the Millennial generation to fully realize their leadership potential. Mertz realized this purpose in an unlikely place: a grove of Aspen trees while he was snow-shoeing in the American Rocky Mountain range. At the time of…
4 Key Skills Employees Need for the Workplace of the Future
I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s Emerging Workforce Study. All opinions are mine. What are the top skills that the employee of the future needs? A recent study commissioned by Spherion and conducted by Harris Poll aimed to find…
Lead better meetings with these 16 questions
Does leading meetings frustrate you? Maybe you have someone in your meeting who has ideas— lots of them—who can’t seem to shut up. Or perhaps it’s the opposite issue: meeting participants are shutting down good discussion in the interest of “keeping things moving.” If either of the scenarios sounds familiar, then you will want to…